Charley Hull fired a five-under par 67 to acquire the outright lead after the primary spherical of the Ladies’s Open at St Andrews.
The English star went out to sort out the Previous Course within the afternoon wave alongside world primary Nelly Korda and defending champion Lilia Vu.
Hull rolled in her first birdie of the day on the fifth, which was cancelled out with a bogey on the par-3 eighth, nevertheless she was quickly beneath par once more with a birdie on the ninth.
The three-time LET winner then had an incredible again 9 as she made birdies on 10, 12, 15 and 18 to take the outright lead within the remaining main of the 12 months.
“It was a great deal of enjoyable on the market at the moment,” mentioned Hull, who completed fifth finally week’s Scottish Open. “Earlier than my spherical I used to be watching it on the TV and once I noticed the scores I assumed how is Ruoning [Yin] four-under par in these circumstances? That was an unbelievable rating. I mentioned I’d take that now as a result of it was gusting rather a lot on the vary. So to go on the market and shoot 5-under, and play fairly solidly, was numerous enjoyable.”
China’s Ruoning Yin and American Korda sit one shot behind the chief after they produced matching 68s on the opening day on the Previous Course.
Korda, who was enjoying alongside chief Hull, additionally had a superb day with two birdies and one bogey on her entrance 9. The world primary then rolled in three birdies in her remaining 5 holes to climb as much as a share of second place alongside Yin.
“It was good,” mentioned Korda. “It was windy, particularly at first to the center, however the final three or 4 holes it died down and I used to be in a position to be a bit bit extra aggressive. General, I believe our group had an excellent day. There’s one thing enjoyable about enjoying in these circumstances too. Not that I’d do it each single time, nevertheless it’s simply there’s like a unique artistic aspect to it, which I get pleasure from.”
Six gamers are in a share of fourth place, with Korean duo Jenny Shin and Mi Hyang Lee, American pair Andrea Lee and Lilia Vu, Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit and Japan’s Mao Saigo all on three-under.
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